Yes, on the direction issue, Dawkins talks the talk but fails to walk the walk. Whilst he denies the idea that evolution is directed towards a goal, h...
@Tom " males are subject to immense selection effects by females." Indeed, and the main case often used to express Lamarkian evolution; the length of ...
@Metaphysician Undercover The only thing deficient, is you knowledge of evolutionary theory. Had you taken the time to read Darwin's work, you would h...
To know if ignorance is or is not absolute, one would have to have some knowledge, Thus the idea that ignorance is absolute is self defeating. knowing...
I'd never compare him to Trump in any context, nor on any way shape or form. They are not only at the opposite ends of the political spectrum but at o...
At his age no one is going to turn him into a smooth talker, but freshen him up a bit. You will admit he stumbles and allows his sentences to run on. ...
What do you mean "talk bollocks"? Most people I've talked to get their information about JC through the media. Hardly a reliable source. When you actu...
@anonymous. I do not see rationalising as the problem here. What use is the feeling if you do not think through the problem. And that is exactly the r...
I've never understood it. As I rarely if ever intentionally do harm and later regret it, I never feel any guilt. On the rare occasions where I intenti...
Owen smith seems to have grown left wing balls over night. If he wins, I think those balls will drop off, and he will return to type. Copying everythi...
The attack on democracy in the Labour party goes on and on. For my post above in which I reported a happy meeting of the Brighton DLP AGM, the follow ...
There are good and bad points to EU membership. But I have to say that despite its failings on the day after the vote I felt somewhat claustrophobic a...
There is so much bunkum in the media about the decline of Labour. Labour has never been stronger. Party membership is at an all time high. The media w...
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